What is the easiest free ecommerce software to use?

by DrewBru75

Posted: 13 years ago 27 replies

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I'm trying to find the easiest shopping cart software that has quite a bit of features but is simple to customize and add content to. I've been using Zen cart but it seems a little too difficult to me. Any ecommerce sites that you can customize and add content to like Wordpress?

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IprovideSEO 13 years ago

You can create a Wordpress website then install the WordPress › WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart « WordPress Plugins plug-in. It works with a gallery plug-in that makes it so you can showcase your products in a gallery then customers can click each individual image and "add to cart"
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DrewBru75 13 years ago

I'll definitely look into that. As far as standalone shopping cart software, what is the easiest one to change, customize and add content to?
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Danny Turner 13 years ago

I have used WP e-commerce plugin - is a bit buggy but works OK - I wanted one with Aus post freight charges built in
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lovenot 13 years ago

I personally think open source e-commerce like zen-cart, prestashop, oscommerce, nopcommerce are good. Use wordpress e-commerce plugins like they recommended or use Weebly and Wix but you'd have to pay them monthly and they are not as feature rich.
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tocktik 13 years ago

Go for the Wordpress it is the best one , where you can easily learn and easily work on it
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npapazoglou 13 years ago

If you need a power shopping card without limitation in possibilities take a look on Ubercart + Drupal
Drupal - Open Source CMS | drupal.org
http://www.ubercart.org
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- NovaPagina 13 years ago
  
  Opencart is very good and pretty easy to use - opencart.com
  
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Renavon 13 years ago

As strange as it seems, wordpress offers eCommerce solutions, they range from extremely easy to set up (Paypal shopping cart is actually a plugin) to something thats offers a wide range of cards and sales solutions.

Experiment and look around and you'll actually find some wordpress eccomerce templates which makes the whole ordeal a lot easier
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- dave_hermansen 13 years ago
  
  With shopping carts you get what you pay for. I haven't used an open source shopping cart that wasn't buggy and/or lacking in features.
  
  You've heard the expression "you have to spend money to make money" & that applies here. Luckily with ecommerce you don't have to spend much money & you can make really good money if you know what you're doing.
  
  If you're serious about having an ecommerce store that generates a lot of sales and makes a good amount of profit each month, you should be researching what the best shopping cart is, not what the best FREE shopping cart is. Even though the better carts like bigcommerce, 3dcart, and Magento have monthly prices tags, they are WAY easier to set-up than most OS carts & have features that are going to help you grow your business faster. People usually try to save money by going with an open source solution, and then end up spending more because they have to pay graphic designers & programmers to get it to work the way they want it to.
  
  As I mentioned above, if you are serious about making an ecommerce store work you should invest in a serious ecommerce platform. bigcommerce, 3dcart, and magento are all pretty good. Me & my team have also been developing our own shopping cart for the past 3 years and it's called Zulu Cart. It's in beta still, but it's pretty amazing. It features true 1-page checkout, 1-click order placement with suppliers, auto-updates, and simple template customization. You can fully customize the look & feel of your website from the admin panel with point & click selections. It's so simple it makes FrontPage seem complicated!
  
  Again, even though you will pay $30-60 a month for one of the TOP shopping carts, it only takes the profit from 1 additional sale per month to cover that extra cost. With all the cool tools & features of a cutting edge shopping cart you should be able to generate far more than 1 additional sale per month.
  
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K Meier 13 years ago

I used http://www.zen-cart.com/ once. Thought it was okay. Although the websites plugin directory was a bit messy.
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logowarriors 13 years ago

I will suggest you go for the opencart. its very easy to use.
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Ryan Rieth 13 years ago

Wordpress probably would be the easiest. We use Adobe Business Catalyst. It's $60 a month and has a little bit of a learning curve but it has tons of features.

We started out with ProStores and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. It's just one bad experience after another with them.
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davidjones25 13 years ago

I personally think open source e-commerce like zen-cart, prestashop, oscommerce, nopcommerce are good. Use wordpress e-commerce plugins like they recommended or use Weebly and Wix but you'd have to pay them monthly and they are not as feature rich.
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adkarfa 13 years ago

You can integrate eCommerce Plugin [also available free version] to your Wordpress website
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Sarahjt 13 years ago

Try OsCommerce shopping cart software. I have used OsCommerce for my ecommerce site and so far it works fine. OsCommerce is an open source shopping cart software you can download it for free.
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proseocontent 13 years ago

You can use the free version from xt-commerce. It is a development from os-commerce.
There are many plugins for this shop system too.
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Riggs 13 years ago

PHPJabbers offers a good script. It's called Stiva Shopping Cart. You can try out a demo of the script from the PHPJabbers site. It's got a fully customizable administrative panel.
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skywalker89 13 years ago

oxid is (bug-) free (community version) and great imo...you will need to install it onto your server, though

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mdyson 13 years ago

Out of the open-source e-commerce options mentioned already, I would definitely go with PrestaShop. From a plug-and-sell perspective, nothing is easier. I had the software installed and ready to fill with my products in less than 15 minutes.
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kooldesigning 13 years ago

I have used oscommerce.com, i also have experience to use opencart.com... its great too, but wordpress is great among all...
Here is the link on how to download and install wordpress ecommerce plugin
WordPress › WP e-Commerce « WordPress Plugins
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mdyson 13 years ago

I just upgraded my PrestaShop to the latest version last night, and I had to come back to comment on it. The just came out with a new version a couple weeks ago that includes an autoupgrade module, so now a process that could take anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour-plus depending on my level of customization can be completed in less than 5 minutes.

What keeps me coming back to PrestaShop is that every single release seems to make the process easier and easier
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Plus, their forums are extremely active, and I'm always able to get answers to my questions. It may take a day or two, but it's FREE. And that's very important for me.
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website design 12 years ago

Magento is the best but also is a pain to customize.

Ecommerce wordpress plugin is ok for the basics.

If you found a template you really like and don't need full shopping cart functions you could try inserting paypal buy now buttons.... very easy to do
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Gfaith 12 years ago

For ecommerce software just head to 1stwebdesigner for free one. Have not anyone either. Good luck
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ernestrategos 12 years ago

Templates for WP e-commerce Plugin.
Easy to implement and manage.
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joanah 12 years ago

I was satisfied with what I have seen in opencart. You may want to check software packages here: opencart[dot]com
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